Sketch-a-lot

Twisted Santa Card

FilipZ — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:50:45 +0000

Here’s something I started around last Christmas as one of the projects for Jon Schindehette’s Art Order Christmas Challenge challenge. I decided to go with something else in the end and let this sleep on my hard-drive all this time. I sort of forgot about it until recently, and decided to use it to wrap up the 2011.
Here it is – my twisted take on Santa, the flasher.
I saved screens from the process so might share it later. Merry Christmas, everyone!

Happy Halloweeen – vector illustration

FilipZ — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:55:10 +0000

I’ve had so much trouble getting to grips with some b…d of a bug on my blog recently that I hardly found time to play. The work is still very much in progress but for now I would like to jump on a halloween wagon while it’s still going (no treatortreaters at my door tonight, though, except for the Tesco delivery guy – he BROUGHT the candy though… did that just sound odd?)

Anyway, this one’s done in illustrator with limited colours and I like it. I also created this custom “grudge girl brush” that you see in use in the background that I am considering giving away for free, so give me a shout if interested.

and here’s a closer shot at some those veiny, clawy hands:

La pousse – final

FilipZ — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:30:05 +0000

Pure vector, not a stray raster was used in production of this illustration. Not that I am especially proud or anything. Just saying.

I am kinda proud. It tool a lot of work…

La pousse – W.I.P.

FilipZ — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:41:44 +0000

Finally got round to follow up on my animal mugshots project. As promised, next suspect on the list is the Kat, or La Pousse – haven’t quite worked out what to name it yet. I am working entirely in illustrator with this one. Trying to keep it fairly simple but I guess I wont be able to avoid some simple gradients, as much as I am trying to stay away from those nowadays.

To be continued!

Old Chief’s assassination – concept art

FilipZ — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:11:35 +0000

A Speedpaint in Corel and Photoshop from a couple of day earlier

Listening to what’s below while looking at this pic recommended:)

Shootin’ sh..t out – concept art

FilipZ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:49:25 +0000

I went a little crazy with some more custom brushes on this one. I quite enjoy this mess. I should probably define more here and there.

Trooperbot – speedpaint concept

FilipZ — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:25:42 +0000

A quick sketch exploring various custom brushes. I’m doing more and more graphic design recently so just found this little time to bash this one out. It’s inspired by my recent discovery on CGHUB, the amazing Richard Anderson . Do check him out.

Ambush – WiP

FilipZ — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:44:11 +0000

Long time no post! I’ve been busy. And it was good. Now it’s time to come back to this dreadful and dull activity. Digital Painting – bleh…

Here’s some progress I made on the ambush scene: Injected colour, pimped the warrior’s axe and tidied up the cloaks on villains. I am almost done. Very tempted to add some frogs but afraid they might steal the picture.

Concept art – Ambush WiP

FilipZ — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:27:21 +0000

Warming up after a week-long break spent mostly on eating, sipping on beer and sorting out two of my teeth in a surprisingly painless manner (although my bank account would surely disagree).

This is a development of an earlier sketch showing a roughed up warrior on the run, ambushed by a bunch of “hoodies” wanting to rough him up even more… TBC

Animals – Criminals – Mugshots – Kat-z

FilipZ — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:56:32 +0000

It might be long before another update as I am heading to Poland for a week, so let me just show a preview of the next in the series of Animal Mugshots – this time It’s Kat-z, althought the name might change. Previous one was in photoshop, this time I’ve decided to use illustrator, to keep things more flexible and my computer from choking at the final stage of rendering.

It seems to have a little less interest than the Dawg but hope to adjust it later on. Also the colour is just an overlay – not what I am going for in the final.

Have a great weekend.